Leviticus 21:14:10Lev.21.14.W10TAB
מֵעַמָּ֖יו
mehahmaav
“from his people”
- Transliteration
- meh-ah-MAAV
- Extended
- meh-ah-MAAV
- IPA
- /meː.ʕamˈmaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- from his people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
meh-ah-MAAV
- phraseyour reading level
im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV
- clause
KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
- sentence
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
Exegesis
The construct phrase mê-'ammāv {מֵעַמָּיו | mê-'ammāv} ‘from his people’ establishes ethno-covenantal boundaries. The parallel repetition of yiqqâḥ creates a chiastic framework emphasizing the priest’s agency and the ritual significance of marital purity.
In context — Leviticus 21:14
A widow, a divorced woman, a profaned woman , or a prostitute—these he must not take; but he shall take only a virgin from among his own people as his wife .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word מֵעַמָּ֖יו (mehahmaav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.21.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W10.S1) and character.